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what president obama has proposed to do on gun reform is very popular, even among republican voters. when you ask them about the things that the president's proposing, pretty much republicans think these things are good ideas, we ought to be doing them, they are in favor. and then the same "washington post" poll asked republicans, okay, broadly speaking, do you like what president obama is proposing on gun reform? and republicans said no, we hate it. after they said they support all the individual proposals, they said, well, do you like the guy who's proposing all these individual proposals that you liked? no, we hate those ideas. and that is insane. they like all the component parts of it. they like all these ideas. but then when these ideas that they like are proposed, they say they are against them because the person proposing them is president obama. that is insane. that is mindless. right? how do you make constructive policy in that kind of environment? people support the policy until they hear who else supports it and then they think they might be against it. how do you make po
what president obama has proposed to do on gun reform is very popular, even among republican voters. when you ask them about the things that the president's proposing, pretty much republicans think these things are good ideas, we ought to be doing them, they are in favor. and then the same "washington post" poll asked republicans, okay, broadly speaking, do you like what president obama is proposing on gun reform? and republicans said no, we hate it. after they said they support all...
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when democrats moved some elements of president obama's gun reform through the judiciary committee a few weeks ago, it would have made it a felony and bigger deal, that measure passed out of committee with all the democratic votes on the committee but only one republican, iowa senator chuck grassley, all the other senators on the committee voted against strengthening the penalties for straw purchases, penalties for people who buy a weapon because they can pass the background check and knowingly pass the weapon off to someone who cannot pass the background check. these are the senators who voted against that in committee, orrin hatch, lindsey graham, ted cruz, jeff flake and jeff sessions all voted against strengthening the penalties for straw purchases. also today, there has been a huge release of new information about the elementary school shooting at newtown, connecticut, information in some cases different from what we thought we had known before. in detailed, very long search warrant reports released by connecticut prosecutors today, we learned a lot of new information about sand
when democrats moved some elements of president obama's gun reform through the judiciary committee a few weeks ago, it would have made it a felony and bigger deal, that measure passed out of committee with all the democratic votes on the committee but only one republican, iowa senator chuck grassley, all the other senators on the committee voted against strengthening the penalties for straw purchases, penalties for people who buy a weapon because they can pass the background check and knowingly...
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vote for gun reform. and not exactly separately, you have the organization formerly known as the president's re-election campaign, organizing for action, they're announcing tomorrow they and mayors against illegal guns are holding 100 events across the country to support efforts against gun violence. the beltway is saying they're losing steam. it is now a low simmer and heat is dropping every day. that's how it works, right?
vote for gun reform. and not exactly separately, you have the organization formerly known as the president's re-election campaign, organizing for action, they're announcing tomorrow they and mayors against illegal guns are holding 100 events across the country to support efforts against gun violence. the beltway is saying they're losing steam. it is now a low simmer and heat is dropping every day. that's how it works, right?
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they didn't want president obama and the democrats to have a legislative win. they didn't like the policy itself. but now the policy itself is in effect. and it means that millions of americans now can get health insurance who could not get it in the past. and millions of americans who did have health insurance in the past should have better and more affordable choices for their coverage. and all the talking about it in washington, if you put it aside, really, the real question is whether this much more under the radar political effort in the states can effectively stop americans from getting insurance that they might really like if only they knew how to do it. joining us, radio host on msn, michael spent eight weeks trying to find insurance options for himself through healthcare.gov before it finally worked this week. michael, great to see you, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, rachel for having me. >> so you had a miserable eight weeks, early experience trying to get through the federal exchange. but now it has worked for you, is that right? >> it is. i
they didn't want president obama and the democrats to have a legislative win. they didn't like the policy itself. but now the policy itself is in effect. and it means that millions of americans now can get health insurance who could not get it in the past. and millions of americans who did have health insurance in the past should have better and more affordable choices for their coverage. and all the talking about it in washington, if you put it aside, really, the real question is whether this...
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after newtown president obama was not suggesting action on gun reform in ten days or two weeks but he was asking for it within six weeks, by the end of january. and now joe biden has sped up that six-week time frame to four weeks. and the consequence of that, just like back in 1968, is that the gun lobby is having a hard time getting organized. just like lbj said. the same dynamic is actually at work not just at the federal level but in new york state where new york democratic governor andrew cuomo yesterday in his state of the state address called for new state-level restrictions on guns in new york. and he was not kidding. he was not just calling for something in a speech he hopes people will start working on. the state assembly speaker today said legislative leaders and the governor are already 95% of the way done. with an agreement on a new package of gun reforms in the state and the republicans in the state senate are already telling reporters that they are not intending to block this deal for new gun laws. mr. cuomo's state of the state speech was yesterday. new york state lawma
after newtown president obama was not suggesting action on gun reform in ten days or two weeks but he was asking for it within six weeks, by the end of january. and now joe biden has sped up that six-week time frame to four weeks. and the consequence of that, just like back in 1968, is that the gun lobby is having a hard time getting organized. just like lbj said. the same dynamic is actually at work not just at the federal level but in new york state where new york democratic governor andrew...
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obama is losing on gun control. gun reform, period, is losing steam. that's the common wisdom, right? and this is not to single out any of these prognosticators or pundits as unusually wrong or unusually cynical about this country. they're basing this on what has happened in the past. because in the past, even after mass shootings, efforts at real serious meaningful gun reform have failed, or at least they have fizzled out. for the people who are pushing for reform on this issue right now are also aware of that past history of failure. and they are determined evidently by how they are behaving to break that pattern of failure this time after this massacre. and here is how you can tell. if you have a vague feeling that there has been a qualitatively different reaction to this particular mass shooting as compared to others, you are correct in feeling that way. look at what has happened. the shooting at sandy hook happened on december 14th, okay? on december 16th, two days later, the president travelled to connecticut to speak at an interfaith prayer vigi
obama is losing on gun control. gun reform, period, is losing steam. that's the common wisdom, right? and this is not to single out any of these prognosticators or pundits as unusually wrong or unusually cynical about this country. they're basing this on what has happened in the past. because in the past, even after mass shootings, efforts at real serious meaningful gun reform have failed, or at least they have fizzled out. for the people who are pushing for reform on this issue right now are...
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afterward, president obama called the families and congratulated them on this vote. this is a picture of the president calling dillon hockley's mom. the president reportedly told the families that this moment would not have been possible without them. he has a point. yesterday, when it seems that the senate might filibuster gun reform, as if it might not work, the coalition to stop gun violence started staging a filibuster of their own. families from newtown were among those who stayed out all night 0 outside the u.s. capitol reading the names of the sandy hook victims, the names of the more than 3300 people killed by gun violence since the massacre at sandy hook. the families started at 1:00 in the afternoon and they read all night long overnight. they kept reading until just before noon today when the senate voted. right about then in d.c., another vigil began, this time, it was the clergy of newtown working with clergy from across the country from all different faith traditions, setting out 3300 crosses along with stars of david and other regulation symbols, and t
afterward, president obama called the families and congratulated them on this vote. this is a picture of the president calling dillon hockley's mom. the president reportedly told the families that this moment would not have been possible without them. he has a point. yesterday, when it seems that the senate might filibuster gun reform, as if it might not work, the coalition to stop gun violence started staging a filibuster of their own. families from newtown were among those who stayed out all...
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on wednesday the first lady, michelle obama, is going to be traveling to chicago with plans to address the issue of gun violence there. it is rare for the first lady to give a policy speech like this, especially on a contentious matter that is yet to come up before the congress. so expect a lot of attention to that event with the first lady in chicago on wednesday. while the president was making his remarks in connecticut today, the top republican in the senate, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell wasted for time. he issued this statement saying that he would join efforts to block a vote on gun legislation in the senate, no matter what's in the legislation. he will join a filibuster effort. mitch mcconnell that means will join 13 other senate republicans who are pledging to block any gun legislation from even coming up for a vote. these are the 14. and these are not senators who are saying they will vote no. they want there to be no vote at all for anybody, not even on issues like universal background checks. they are pledging to filibuster. a group called the coalition to stop gu
on wednesday the first lady, michelle obama, is going to be traveling to chicago with plans to address the issue of gun violence there. it is rare for the first lady to give a policy speech like this, especially on a contentious matter that is yet to come up before the congress. so expect a lot of attention to that event with the first lady in chicago on wednesday. while the president was making his remarks in connecticut today, the top republican in the senate, senate republican leader mitch...
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soon after that families met with president obama. nicole hockley introduced the president when he spoke in connecticut. the families met with the president. eleven family members traveled back with him to washington, d.c. on air force one and when they got to washington, d.c. they started the process of meeting with senators. again, summoning the strength, meeting these senators directly, explaining, talking about who it was that they lost and what it means to them and how this senator's vote, you, senator, look at me eye to eye, could help stop this from happening to somebody else's child. and at the end of those meetings 22 senators who have "a" ratings with the nra voted with the majority to move the debate forward. to defeat the filibuster. to at least let it come for a vote. 22 senators with "a" ratings from the nra were on the let it go forward side of that vote. tonight and tomorrow, there are dozens of pro reform events planned all over the country. in arizona tonight, starting tomorrow in california and colorado and florida,
soon after that families met with president obama. nicole hockley introduced the president when he spoke in connecticut. the families met with the president. eleven family members traveled back with him to washington, d.c. on air force one and when they got to washington, d.c. they started the process of meeting with senators. again, summoning the strength, meeting these senators directly, explaining, talking about who it was that they lost and what it means to them and how this senator's vote,...
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mark barden who lost his 7-year-old son in newton, introduced president obama the day the senate rejected background checks. the first federal political battle was lost last month to a republican philly buster but the people who led that battle are still leading and making it so clear that this really was the first battle and this is not done. joining us for the interview is mark barden. his son was one of the 20 kids and six adults lost there on december 14th . mr. barden is a member of the sandy hook promise. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> i know that you were involved in lobbying the connecticut legislature to pass the reforms that they did. we saw you pledging not to give up at the federal level. you were in delaware yesterday, i have been told. where else have you been working? what has it been like to talk to legislators about such a personal loss? >> it's interesting to find these are just people like us. they are just regular folks, moms, dads, grandparents. they understand this. they know what happened here. so i find it -- i scratch my head wher
mark barden who lost his 7-year-old son in newton, introduced president obama the day the senate rejected background checks. the first federal political battle was lost last month to a republican philly buster but the people who led that battle are still leading and making it so clear that this really was the first battle and this is not done. joining us for the interview is mark barden. his son was one of the 20 kids and six adults lost there on december 14th . mr. barden is a member of the...
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mark barden lost his 7-year-old son daniel in newtown introducing president obama when they lost the battle for background checks. it was lost to a republican filibuster. the people who led that battle are still leading and they're the ones who are making it so clear right now that really was the first battle and this is not done. joining us for tonight for the interview is mark varied den. his 7 -year-old son is one of the 26 lost there and he is now a member of the sandy hook promise. mark barden, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> i know you were involved in the connecticut reforms. we all saw you pledging not to give up at the federal level. you were in delaware yesterday. where else have you been working? what has it been like to be talking to legislators about such a personal loss? >> it's interesting to find they're just people like us, just regular folks, their moms and dads and grandparents. they understand this. they know what happened here. i find it just -- i scratch my head where they can say no to these common sense solutions. i say common
mark barden lost his 7-year-old son daniel in newtown introducing president obama when they lost the battle for background checks. it was lost to a republican filibuster. the people who led that battle are still leading and they're the ones who are making it so clear right now that really was the first battle and this is not done. joining us for tonight for the interview is mark varied den. his 7 -year-old son is one of the 26 lost there and he is now a member of the sandy hook promise. mark...
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an opening here for some sort of reform movement that could be done, that could approach the issues in a nonpartisan way and when you look at what barack obama has done federally in calling for a best practices based assessment of the conduct of elections state by state. he's not asking for democrats to take over the process and take it back from republicans in states. he's saying let's bring in the leading lawyers from both sides and come up with something that isn't going to tip the fields in either direction. is there any way virginia could do that any time soon? >> i would like to think so, but i think we have to get through the next election cycle and settle some issues. i think it's going to make a world's worth of difference as to who the next governor is. will it be terry mccullough or ken cuccinelli. i think we will have a shot at doing some on a bipartisan basis. >> donald, thanks for being here tonight, sir. nice to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. all right, the other side of the i am a politician whose child is gay phenomenon got caught on tape this we
an opening here for some sort of reform movement that could be done, that could approach the issues in a nonpartisan way and when you look at what barack obama has done federally in calling for a best practices based assessment of the conduct of elections state by state. he's not asking for democrats to take over the process and take it back from republicans in states. he's saying let's bring in the leading lawyers from both sides and come up with something that isn't going to tip the fields in...
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the long emotional case he made for reform in the state of the union. it's all the same idea, which is to change the political momentum on this issue. to turn desire for change on this issue into actual change. that is the plan. and on a day like today there are about 15 data points in just this news cycle showing that plan is in action. >> people say and you read and people write about the political risk and the unacceptable take on it. i say it's unacceptable not to take these on. it's just simply unacceptable. it is not something you can fail to do. >> guess what? i believe the price to be paid politically to those who refuse to act, who refuse to step forward. because america's changed on this issue. >> joining us now is e.j. dionne, "washington post" columnist, senior fellow at the brookings institution, and msnbc contributor. e.j., it's good to see you tonight. thanks for being here. >> good to be with you. >> i've been trying to understand what is the new calibration of what might be possible in terms of legislation? a lot of people say that an a
the long emotional case he made for reform in the state of the union. it's all the same idea, which is to change the political momentum on this issue. to turn desire for change on this issue into actual change. that is the plan. and on a day like today there are about 15 data points in just this news cycle showing that plan is in action. >> people say and you read and people write about the political risk and the unacceptable take on it. i say it's unacceptable not to take these on. it's...
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and of course federally, tomorrow ahead of schedule, president obama is set to unveil his own set of proposals in response to the newtown school shooting. the white house releasing this picture today of vice president biden, presenting his findings to the president and other cabinet members in a gun policy meeting. >> i can tell you that tomorrow the president and vice president will hold an event here at the white house to unveil a package of concrete proposals to reduce gun violence and prevent future tragedies like the one in newtown, connecticut. they will be joined by children from around the country who wrote the president letters in the wake of that tragedy, expressing their concerns about gun violence and school safety along with their parents that event will be at approximately 11:45 a.m. i will not get ahead of the president in terms of what his package of proposals will include. i will simply note that the president has made clear he intends to take a comprehensive approach. he has also made clear that there are specific legislative actions that he will continue to call on
and of course federally, tomorrow ahead of schedule, president obama is set to unveil his own set of proposals in response to the newtown school shooting. the white house releasing this picture today of vice president biden, presenting his findings to the president and other cabinet members in a gun policy meeting. >> i can tell you that tomorrow the president and vice president will hold an event here at the white house to unveil a package of concrete proposals to reduce gun violence and...
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remember, when president obama asked joe biden to head up this effort looking at potential reform, remember, he initially said the effort was supposed to produce recommendations by the end of january. and so it was big news last week when we heard that vice president biden was actually planning to report to the president early. he wasn't waiting until the end of january. he was going to report in mid-january. he was planning on reporting hi recommendations by tomorrow, by tuesday. but then today at this press conference, we learned that actually, the vice president has already made his report to the president today. the vice president pushing up the time frame yet again. and president obama saying today that he will make further remarks later this week telling us what is going to happen next, given those recommendations. this is faster than the president even said it was going to happen. and he initially said it was going to happen fast. speed it turns out is central to the strategy. and that is turning out to be true both in washington and in the states that are moving ahead. as we speak,
remember, when president obama asked joe biden to head up this effort looking at potential reform, remember, he initially said the effort was supposed to produce recommendations by the end of january. and so it was big news last week when we heard that vice president biden was actually planning to report to the president early. he wasn't waiting until the end of january. he was going to report in mid-january. he was planning on reporting hi recommendations by tomorrow, by tuesday. but then...
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said at that speech deserve a vote on reform to tackle gun violence. vicki's mom and dad, donna and carl accepted the presidential citizen's medal for their daughter at the white house. again, not fading away. and today vicki soto's brother and her sister took their case to capitol hill. they knocked on doors in the senate and the house on behalf of their sister and her students. they made the case. joining are carlee and jillian and carlos matthew soto, the sister and brother of the sandy hook elementary school thank you for being here. i know you've had a really long day already. thank you for joining us. i know you went to families from newtown and virginia tech and aurora. what was it like and how did they react to you guys? >> it was amazing. it was nice to have people who wanted to listen to us, and when were willing to sit there and listen to what we had to say. and it just -- it was nice. and, you know, their reaction was just to listen and to hear what we had to say to listen to us ask for help. and, you know, us ask them what we can do to hel
said at that speech deserve a vote on reform to tackle gun violence. vicki's mom and dad, donna and carl accepted the presidential citizen's medal for their daughter at the white house. again, not fading away. and today vicki soto's brother and her sister took their case to capitol hill. they knocked on doors in the senate and the house on behalf of their sister and her students. they made the case. joining are carlee and jillian and carlos matthew soto, the sister and brother of the sandy hook...